USS Cambridge was a heavy (868 long tons (882 t)) steamship purchased by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a...

named USS Cambridge, after the various US places named Cambridge. USS Cambridge (1860), was an armed steamship in use during the American Civil War. USS Cambridge (1869)...

(AP-81/APA-36) USS Cambridge (1860, 1869, ID-1651, CA-126) USS Camden (ID-3143/AS-6/IX-42, AOE-2) USS Camel (1813, IX-113) USS Camelia (1862) USS Camellia (USLHT...

first crew member aboard the USS Housatonic to spot the H.L. Hunley before it sank the USS Housatonic. The sinking of USS Housatonic is renowned as the...

political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion...

dreams: opium, imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55255-9. Wong, J. Y. "Harry...

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the main pre-1992 UK University pension provider. In response, more than 500 Cambridge academics signed an open letter...

Captain James Biddle of the United States Navy anchored two warships, USS Columbus and USS Vincennes in Uraga Channel. This was a first step in what turned...

John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860 – July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton...

submarine named for the state, the USS Virginia. Before that, it was the motto of the nuclear-powered cruiser USS Virginia. The phrase appears on the...

1860 USS Lexington (1825) USS Louisiana (1812) USS Marion (1839) USS Maryland (1799) USS Natchez (1827) USS Ohio (1812), captured 12 August 1814 USS Ontario (1813)...

States naval officer (5 September 1813), mortally wounded while commanding USS Enterprise in the capture of HMS Boxer "So live your life that the fear of...

USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...

MV Stirling Castle in 1937 produced 24,000 hp each. In 1935 the US submarine USS Pompano was ordered as part of the Perch class Six boats were built, with...

among a number of trading stipulations. It was signed on the deck of the USS Powhatan in Edo (now Tokyo) Bay on July 29, 1858. July 29, 1858: Treaty and...

and Medal of Honor recipient (7 December 1941), mortally wounded aboard USS California (BB-44) during the attack on Pearl Harbor "As long as I can give...

This version of the Emerald Tablet is also found in the Kitab Ustuqus al-Uss al-Thani (Elementary Book of the Foundation) attributed to the 8th-century...

The second USS Cyane was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War. Cyane was launched 2 December 1837 by Boston Navy Yard...

USS Thornton (AVD-11). 20 December – Aircraft from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) mistakenly bombed the U.S. Navy submarine USS Pompano (SS-181)...

USS Ohio (BB-12), a Maine-class pre-dreadnought battleship, was the third ship of her class and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for...

isolationist stance, which would only be ended in the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876. USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Roblin, Sebastien (18 January 2018). "In 1871, America 'Invaded'...

water", subsequently became a famous slogan. On his return voyage early in 1860, Tattnall commanded the Powhatan, carrying the first diplomatic embassy from...

procure the camels. On June 4, 1855, Wayne departed New York City on board the USS Supply, under the command of then Lieutenant David Dixon Porter. After arriving...

first was USS Little Rock (CG-4). Other Sixth Fleet flagships included USS Springfield (CLG-7), USS Albany (CG-10), USS Puget Sound (AD-38), USS Coronado (AGF-11)...

importance of her later work in professionalising nursing roles for women. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of...

Navy, Lieutenant Commander De Long sailed from San Francisco on the ship USS Jeannette with a plan to find a way to the North Pole via the Bering Strait...

midshipman in the United States Navy from 1831 to 1839, sailing on the USS John Adams and USS Constitution in the Mediterranean Sea as well as training at the...

regional organizations of the North and South. When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery, seven slave states...

the actions of the Spanish Army were destroyed. Before the sinking of the USS Maine, one American media correspondent stationed in Cuba was quoted as saying...

campaign debates against Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln ran for president in 1860, sweeping the North to gain victory. Pro-slavery elements in the South viewed...